This 5 Bedroom Detached House (3 bedrooms upstairs/2 more bedrooms downstairs) in North Billericay (Buttsbury & Mayflower Catchment!) boasts an expansive West-facing garden measuring 112ft x 31ft, perfect for enjoying sunny afternoons.
Towards the end of the garden, you'll find a large timber cabin, an ideal space for a home office, studio, or retreat. Beyond the cabin, the property offers even more garden space.
Inside, the home features five bedrooms, thoughtfully arranged for flexibility and comfort. Three generously sized double bedrooms are located upstairs, while two additional bedrooms are conveniently situated on the ground floor - these offering potential as additional living rooms of course.
The upstairs area also includes a brand-new Bathroom, while the ground floor houses a second equally modern second Bathroom for added convenience, complete with a shower.
At the heart of the home is a spacious Kitchen/Diner, fitted with sleek, fully integrated white gloss units and a substantial central island to gather around. Adjacent to the kitchen is a separate utility room, offering a practical space for laundry and storage.
The large lounge is another highlight of the property, featuring bifold doors that open out onto the garden, creating a bright and airy living space that connects indoor and outdoor areas.
This property is a perfect blend of modern design, practicality, and outdoor allure, making it an ideal choice for families or anyone looking for a versatile and stylish home.
If education is a high priority, this property offers incredible advantages. It falls within the catchment area of three highly regarded schools:
• Buttsbury Infants School: Rated 'Outstanding' by OFSTED.
• Buttsbury Junior School: Known for its strong reputation and good OFSTED reports.
• Mayflower High School: Also rated 'Outstanding' by OFSTED and recognised for its excellence.
All three schools are conveniently located within half a mile of the property, making it easy for daily commutes and fostering a balanced family lifestyle.
Further local amenities include:
• Billericay Railway Station: Situated just over a mile away, providing access to London Liverpool Street in approximately 35 minutes.
• Lake Meadows Park: Located 0.8 miles from the property, perfect for recreational activities and relaxation.
• Stock Brook Manor Golf Club: Only 0.3 miles (a six-minute walk) from the entrance, ideal for golf enthusiasts or leisurely outings.
This property offers a non-estate residential setting that combines tranquillity with accessibility. Residents benefit from a peaceful environment while remaining close to essential services and attractions, balancing lifestyle, education, and convenience.
The Accommodation comprises:
HALL 9ft 2" max x 8ft 6" (2.79m x 2.59m)
A nice size hall and now plan to the Kitchen/Diner.
KITCHEN/DINER 20ft 7" x 18ft narrowing to 14ft 6" (6.27m x 5.49m narrowing to 4.42m)
The Heart-of-the-Home with a huge double width Central Island to gather around and range of white gloss integrated handle units and White Marble' worktops.
Inset within the island is an AEG 5-Zone Induction Hob with a feature Elica Evolution 'Celestial suspended round glass', recirculating illuminated Cooker Hood above and the Island also incorporates a 2-Seater Breakfast Bar.
Further appliances comprise twin AEG multifunction Oven/Grills, a matching built-in Microwave, integrated Larder Fridge side-by-side to its twin larder Freezer and there's an integrated Dishwasher too.
Features include a professional spray tap over a 1.5 bowl composite under counter sink which also incorporates an 'Insinkerator' waste disposal unit (not tested), large larder unit with pull-out drawers, a corner carousel unit and pull out recycling drawers.
All in all a high specification kitchen area.
There is plenty of room at the far end for a very large table and chair set and here there is high-level plug sockets allowing for a wall mounted TV.
A 4ft 8" (1.42m) high door opens to reveal the surprisingly large under stairs cupboard which also houses the Vaillant EcoTEC Plus 418 combination boiler and a sliding door opens to reveal a small Utility Room.
UTILITY ROOM 6ft 4" max x 2ft 10" (1.93m x 0.86m)
With a fitted worktop incorporating a large recess below for the washing machine and a side facing window brings in lots of light.
There's a handy double socket on the worktop and a row of coat hooks, so this could be dually used as a cloak's cupboard.
LOUNGE 18ft 9" x 12ft (5.72m x 3.66m)
Bathed in light courtesy of the bifold doors which open out to the Garden, and roof lantern light.
High-level sockets and a TV aerial lead just below, offer provision for a large wall mounted television set.
BEDROOM FOUR OR SECOND LOUNGE 11ft 10" x 10ft 4" (3.61m x 3.15m)
A large versatile room offering a plethora of uses. With a large front facing window bringing in plenty of light.
STUDY OR BEDROOM FIVE 12ft x 7ft (3.66m x 2.13m)
Another adaptable room and notably well lit too, thanks to it being dual aspect, THE two windows maximising light.
There's a fitted wardrobe, handy for those wanting it as a bedroom, and three double power sockets, two at waist height, which will appeal to those wanting it as a study/gaming room.
GROUND FLOOR BATHROOM 7ft x 5ft 10" (2.13m x 1.78m)
Re-fitted with a smart modern white suite and attractive dark grey textured tiling to the walls and floor.
There's a fixed rain head shower along with a separate handset too, along with a combination unit incorporating the bathroom basin and back to wall WC.
The side facing obscure glass window brings in natural light.
Stairs from HALL rising to:
1st FLOOR LANDING
Side facing window for natural light and loft hatch.
MASTER BEDROOM 14ft 6" x 11ft 1" (4.42m x 3.38m)
A fine size double bedroom with deep (2ft 5" deep - 0.74m deep) fitted wardrobes along the whole of the left wall.
A discreet 5ft (1.52m) high door on the opposite wall opens to reveal a cupboard housing the hot water cylinder, with a further smaller door opening to reveal the roof attic space.
BEDROOM TWO 12ft 6" x 11ft 1" narrowing to 9ft 3" (3.81m x 3.38m narrowing to 2.82m)
A nice size bedroom enjoying an attractive outlook over the surrounding gardens.
BEDROOM THREE 9ft 3" x 8ft 6" (2.82m x 2.59m)
Rear facing bedroom also enjoying the pleasant rear outlook.
BATHROOM 7ft 2" x 6ft (2.18m x 1.83m)
Newly refitted with a modern white suite incorporating a white gloss freestanding Vanity unit and a bath with a mixer tap/shower attachment.
With a front facing obscure glass window and tall chrome towel radiator.
GARDEN
A typical English country garden, notably private and secluded from all sides, and with a large cabin at the end of the garden.
The Cabin sits at the top of the garden with its own shingled area in front and a built up construction that once housed a pond - could again plus we thought a Hot Tub might go in there too.
CABIN 18ft 8" x 12ft 5" (5.69m x 3.78m)
With a set of central part glazed double doors and windows either side - all the glazing is double glazed.
There is lighting (not tested) and on the outside we noticed an external double power socket.
Of note, the garden continues behind the cabin, another 30ft (9.14m) or so, where there is a rather impressive Oak tree offering treehouse possibilities!
FRONT & SIDE AREAS
Singled over, the front drive is quite big. 4 cars easily.
Down the side of the house on the left is noticeably wide, all the bins sit here out of the way and there's enough room to squeeze in a little shed if you wanted too.
Council Tax
Basildon Council, Band E
Notice
Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.
Billericay is a popular, historic market town just 30 miles from London.
The market at the top of Crown Road disappeared years ago and Billericay nowadays is more well-known as an excellent commuter town, with excellent rail links to the City (35 minutes by train), very good schools and a charming High Street, part of which is a conservation area.
It also has great access to the key main roads of the M25, A12 and A127.
The town lies on the edge of rural Essex, which makes it a very desirable place to live. This coupled with the City access goes some way to explain the high levels of Londoners we see looking to move here every year.
Since I moved here in 1973 and started as an estate agent in the mid 1990's, I have seen the town grow to where it is now, with some 14,000-15,000 homes and a population of over 40,000.
The Billericay you see today is economically and physically a thriving and attractive place to live and work. There are many open green spaces including the 40 acre Lake Meadows Park, a must in summer, and they throw a pretty impressive Fireworks Night too.
Norsey Woods is a great place for a walk or to exercise your dogs...or the kids! It dates back to the Bronze Age and covers about 165 acres with a visitor centre for the educational visits it has too.
I remember camping there as a cub scout back in the day and both Nick and myself have enjoyed many a afternoon there over the years with our families.
The High Street must be one of the prettiest in the county and dates back to Roman times. The shape we see now certainly hasn't changed much for over 500 years, our office itself is part of one of the 25 old coaching inns the town has seen over the years!
With well over 100 shops including some well known names and some boutique locally owned ones, the High Street also has some great pubs, bars and restaurants. The Chequers is probably the most popular, most people we know rate it as the best pub in town, with newer bars like Harrys Bar, Bar Zero and the Blue Boar, also very sought after, growing venues on friday and saturday nights.
There are too many great restaurants to name, suffice to say you don't need to travel out of Billericay to have a fantastic night out and there's a taxi rank by the station to get you home if you want to leave the car on the drive.
Waitrose is our local main supermarket with there also a very good Co-op over on Queens Park. Smaller supermarkets over in South Green, Sunnymede and along Stock Road also provide a super local service in their areas.
Billericay Christmas Market is a very popular annual event which sees the High Street completely shut to traffic for the day and then filled with stalls selling anything and everything Christmasy!
All the local schools, both Primary and Secondary have good OFSTED reports and there is a good choice of both State and Private. Please feel free to contact our office for more details although the OFSTED website is the ideal first port of call of course.
A BIT OF HISTORY
Billericay has an facinating history, much of which can be researched in our local museum, the Cater Museum on the High Street.
Billericay was first recorded as Byllerica in 1291 with notable events including a Peasants Revolt ending up in Norsey Woods in 1381 and some of Billericay residents, including Christopher Martin, the ship's victualler, sailing with the Pilgrim Fathers to the 'New World' of America on the Mayflower in 1620 - hence the many representartions of the Mayflower ship in numerous local businesses and the Mayflower High School.
In 1916 Billericay became famous as a result of a Zeppelin airship crashing in flames on the outskirts of the town, down what is now Greens Farm Lane.
A union workhouse was built in 1840 which later, together with additional later built buildings, became St. Andrew's Hospital in the 1930s. The regional plastic surgery and rehabilitation unit was opened here the same year I moved to Billericay, 1973. Many a local will still refer the estate there now to me, as 'one of the houses on the old Burns Unit', although it is in fact Stockfield Manor now.
Only the original workhouse building, including the chapel, and the main gatehouse, now survive, converted now into Grey Lady Place, a residential development of luxury apartments.
The railway came in 1889 and opened up opportunities for landowners to sell plots to Londoners looking to move out of 'The Smoke' into a cleaner rural environment. Both myself and Nick have sold many an old 'plot land' home over the years for redevelopment. A few still remain on the edge of Norsey Woods down Break Egg Hill.
With the housing shortage created by the war time bombing of London, pressure to build was great and the new town of Basildon was given the green light. The 'Green Belt' stopped expansion and the blurring of Basildon and Billericay, hence why lot of the Billericay housing estates were built on abandoned farmland around the town centre and Great Burstead/South Green, where permission was more easily granted.
